[15] عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنْ رِبْعِيٍّ عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي جَعْفَرٍ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ لَا يُوصَفُ وَ كَيْفَ يُوصَفُ وَ قَالَ فِي كِتَابِهِ وَ ما قَدَرُوا اللَّهَ حَقَّ قَدْرِهِ فَلَا يُوصَفُ بِقَدَرٍ إِلَّا كَانَ أَعْظَمَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, from Hammad, from Rabie, from Zurara, from; ‘I heard him -asws saying – Abu Ja’far -asws : ‘Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic cannot be described.
And how can He -azwj be described, and He -azwj Says in His -azwj Book [22:74] They are not estimating Allah with the estimation that is due to Him . Thus, He -asws would not be estimated except that He -azwj would be Greater than that.
وَ إِنَّ النَّبِيَّ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) لَا يُوصَفُ وَ كَيْفَ يُوصَفُ عَبْدٌ احْتَجَبَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ بِسَبْعٍ وَ جَعَلَ طَاعَتَهُ فِي الْأَرْضِ كَطَاعَتِهِ فِي السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ وَ ما آتاكُمُ الرَّسُولُ فَخُذُوهُ وَ ما نَهاكُمْ عَنْهُ فَانْتَهُوا وَ مَنْ أَطَاعَ هَذَا فَقَدْ أَطَاعَنِي وَ مَنْ عَصَاهُ فَقَدْ عَصَانِي وَ فَوَّضَ إِلَيْهِ And the Prophet -saww cannot be described.
How can one describe a servant whom Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic has Veiled by seven (veils), and Made obedience to him -saww in the earth like being obedient to Him -azwj in the sky , so He -azwj Said [59:7] and whatever the Rasool gives you, accept it, and from whatever he forbids you, keep back , and the one who obeys this one so he has obeyed Me -azwj , and the one who disobeys him -saww , so he has disobeyed Me ‑azwj , and Authorised him -saww .
وَ إِنَّا لَا نُوصَفُ وَ كَيْفَ يُوصَفُ قَوْمٌ رَفَعَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمُ الرِّجْسَ وَ هُوَ الشَّكُّ And we -asws cannot be described. And how can one describe a group of people whom Allah ‑azwj has Kept the filth away from them -asws , and is there (any) doubt (in it)?. وَ الْمُؤْمِنُ لَا يُوصَفُ وَ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيَلْقَى أَخَاهُ فَيُصَافِحُهُ فَلَا يَزَالُ اللَّهُ يَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِمَا وَ الذُّنُوبُ تَتَحَاتُّ عَنْ وُجُوهِهِمَا كَمَا يَتَحَاتُّ الْوَرَقُ عَنِ الشَّجَرِ .
And a Momin cannot be described. And a Momin meets his brother and shakes his hand, so Allah -azwj does not Cease looking at them both, and sins erode from their faces just as the leaves erode from the tree’.